Ethiopian convert to Ialám and the first muezzin. A speech defect caused him to mispronounce the letter "sh" (s̲h̲ín) as if it were "ss" sin). |
[BG 11] |
An Ethiopian slave in Mecca, illiterate and despised, but transformed by his recognition of Muḥammad. |
[GWB 348] |
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